ISO 639-3 · raprap
Austronesian family
Rapa Nui
Rapa Nui is a language of the Nuclear Polynesian branch (Austronesian), spoken in Chile. Wikidata counts about 5,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Eastern Polynesian language spoken on the island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
rap- Glottocode
rapa1244- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Centre point
- -27.12, -109.35
- Wikipedia
- 61 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
10levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Rapa Nui |
|---|---|
| Also called | Rapanui, Pascuan, Pascuense, Rapanui language, Rapa Nui language |
| All speakers | 5,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Severely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Rapa Nui
The branches above Rapa Nui, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Chile
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